Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

Schama, Simon

ISBN 10: 0679726101 / ISBN 13: 9780679726104

Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1989

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First printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Pp xix + 948 with b&w illustrations throughout. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
• Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679726101
• ISBN 13: 9780679726104
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First printing of this edition.
• Condition: Very good
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Synopsis

In this New York Times bestseller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology--a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the most authoritative social, cultural, and narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced.

About the Author

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University and the prize-winning author of seventeen books, including The Embarrassment of Riches, Citizens, Landscape and Memory, Rembrandt's Eyes, the History of Britain trilogy and The Story of the Jews. He is a contributing editor of the Financial Times and his award-winning television work as writer and presenter for the BBC includes the fifteen-part A History of Britain and the eight-part, Emmy-winning Power of Art.